The feature, called Teen Accounts, is meant to address the harm social media can do to young peoples' mental health.
This is a good first step, says Dr. Shannon Bennett, associate director of the center for youth mental health at NewYork-Presbyterian.
"The opportunity cost while using social media is sleep or in-person socialization," she says.
Experts agree the new features might net positive changes, but say its really too early to tell.
In his best-selling book "The Anxious Generation" NYU social psychologist Johnathan Haidt also cited social media and smartphones as a major cause of youth loneliness.
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